Sportsnet: Draisaitl: Of course we can beat that team. There’s no question about it
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Voodoo Child
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You like to see the passion and the frustration, especially since for all his gifts, McDavid is a charisma vacuum - every time the camera is in front of him he has that same terrified but also annoyed look he had the day Edmonton drafted him.
This one.
But he isn't wrong, any team can beat any team in a single game, but a series?
Everyone always goes 'in the playoffs teams tighten up!', are the Leafs somehow exempt from this?
He and Connor would get abused at every turn and eventually be shut down, win one, maybe two games in a seven game series.
This one.
But he isn't wrong, any team can beat any team in a single game, but a series?
Everyone always goes 'in the playoffs teams tighten up!', are the Leafs somehow exempt from this?
He and Connor would get abused at every turn and eventually be shut down, win one, maybe two games in a seven game series.
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What a stupid thread. What's the guy suppose to say? They are better than us and we don't have a shot? You want your players to believe they can win every game. If they don't they shouldn't be on the ice.
0/10 thread.
0/10 thread.
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I don’t think any of those choices really apply, I guess maybe teams don’t respect the leafs, but no one respects the oilers either... both teams need to earn that still. A oilers Vs leaf playoff series would be pretty cool tho
they have been very meh since their hot start and def showed a lot of cracks in their armor. I think dubas will try to fix those by the deadline.... but they def don’t seem as unbeatable as they did early in the year
they have been very meh since their hot start and def showed a lot of cracks in their armor. I think dubas will try to fix those by the deadline.... but they def don’t seem as unbeatable as they did early in the year
The encouraging thing is even when we were losing the team was still mostly playing well. We just had outrageously bad goaltending. The health of our goalies this year has been by far our biggest issue. Obviously, this stretch coinciding with Matthews' wrist injury being aggravated did not help matters
That's far from disrespectful. Every player should think like that and they should believe it, otherwise they should get the hell out of the league.
I would hope our players say the same thing about beating Boston in the playoffs.
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JayfromNB1219
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What are you talking about lol...my feelings aren’t even in the equation lol...sorry you’re taking this so personally
JayfromNB1219
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Secondly and the only thing I think you could be commenting on out of my post is that Draisaitl sulks...he’s done it on more than one interview lol
So I really don’t know why you’re responding to me as like I said earlier ...cringier topics have last on this board and we don’t know what he was trying to say only he does lol
CantLoseWithMatthews
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obviously nobody else has any problems with a player believing his team can win. Really weird thread idea
Buds17
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Four losses in a row, and this was a game Edmonton had control of before letting the 'W' slip away. That always seems to make for a bigger story. Draisaitl acknowledged the Leafs as being a good team. Toronto will win the season series against the Oilers but there's one more game coming up.
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Ya and maybe it’s helping battle test them a bit.... they are winning/losing a lot of close hard fought games... may pay off come playoff time
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I thought the response was fine.
However, I much prefer his comment from this interview
“No, we love that, we love going without a point in three days for sure,” Draisaitl said sarcastically. “It’s great.”
However, I much prefer his comment from this interview
“No, we love that, we love going without a point in three days for sure,” Draisaitl said sarcastically. “It’s great.”
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TheKrebsCycle
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A total nothing burger. Are the Oilers supposed to roll over and die? Nothing out of the ordinary here at all imo .
TheKrebsCycle
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They were ahead on the scoreboard not in actual game play . Hanging on rarely works when the ice is tilted against you.
Atomos2
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These poll options are just sad. So I'll just post "none of the above"
Any team can beat any team. He's just speaking the truth.
Any team can beat any team. He's just speaking the truth.
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I really can't think of anything else I would want a player to say.
Not sure why people get offended or even care about what other people's opinions are about the Leafs. Who cares? If Drai came out and said we are never going to beat the Leafs it would be a story.
Not sure why people get offended or even care about what other people's opinions are about the Leafs. Who cares? If Drai came out and said we are never going to beat the Leafs it would be a story.
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Bluelines
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Isn't that proof that they can beat them?
What do you get for winning one game vs losing 6? I don't think you'd ever hear those words coming out of a current Leaf player.
You were the guy calling me a liar because the exact literal interpretation of words matter, right? Now in this thread you're all over a player for stating a fact?
